I kind of lean toward the notion that the voters get to make the decision as opposed to politicians who make it for them. Some states have a process where there's an appointment and then there's a retention election. I think that's the case in Pennsylvania. That's interesting, and that maybe that provides a hybrid that takes it out of the raw election process in the beginning, but then … (48:42–48:51)
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